Autocar 16March - Aston news

Autocar 16March - Aston news

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tuscansix

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535 posts

283 months

Wednesday 17th March 2004
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DB9 beats 911 Turbo with PowerPack & Gallardo. Vanquish to apparently get a 10% Power increase.
Good news all around.

williamp

19,560 posts

280 months

Thursday 18th March 2004
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tuscansix said:
DB9 beats 911 Turbo with PowerPack & Gallardo. Vanquish to apparently get a 10% Power increase.
Good news all around.


Absolutly. When I was at the new Gaydon factory, they said that the last thing each car will have done to it prior to being road tested it to be plugged into the computer which will tell the engine what power to produce. Hence the vanquish has just been reprogrammed.

I wonder how much you would have to pay for them to "up" the power on your new car. I read somewhere that the 6.0 litre V12 will take upto 600 bhp before serious modification. Hence Aston can make as many "stages" as it likes, as soon as sales start to slip...

I also remember seeing that the DB9 produces just over 100 bhp at tickover...

Stuart

11,636 posts

258 months

Friday 19th March 2004
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A rather nice video clip available here www.autocarmagazine.com/movies.asp